Sarasate Romanza Andaluza

[stephiebabylovesyou]

I'm learning this song for fun now :D heheh. But I'm 4 years older. :P

[Imcrazyaboutbooks]

I'm three years older than her and I'm playing this song, not s good tho...

[Sabine919]

It's unbelievable how gifted this wonderful young person is. I am most impressed and I think that Mindy has a great career waiting for her! Congratulations!!!

Playing like this at such a young age is a miracle!!!

Sabine

[jonahnfendy]

shocking me O.O

i'm really into it!

shocking skill !

[emilyisalsum]

i love her musicality, so young but sooo expressionfull.. i cant wait till shes older :)

[ViolinWith40]

Absolute awesome!!! Look this great little girl!!!!

[ignatei]

chinese chosaky

[colt0000]

Genial. Bravo!!!!!!!!!!!!

[envanje]

Bravisimo !

[punkviolin1]

WOW!

Do you practice 8 hours on day or...?

[marinalovemusic1]

@punkviolin1 I think that more hours LOL

[punkviolin1]

WOW!

[creativemachine]

ahhh... i'm twice her age and nowhere near as good :S trying to learn this atm...

[Insidapc]

Grace

[nereuseng]

nice play

[leoncioviolin]

bravo

[voxhunden]

Great Mindy Chen

[sas940]

das ist cool ich lerne erst ich will auch so sein

ich hab schon heute wieder geüpt

[Avidcita]

she truly enjoys and understands what she´s playing!! BRAVO!!

[Hachechulo]

wonderful performance.

[TFcatsclaws1]

Well Played Mindy . You are so very musical and I feel your love of music come shining through . Everything will get a lot easier when you grow and get stronger . Well played . You are a very hard working little girl and your teacher must be very proud of you .

[Waljoy]

Excellent job! You did very, very well. Mindy, God bless and keep up the good work. It's hard to believe you were only 10 years old when you did this. Thank you ~!

[SpeluEmpathy]

i'm going to play that soon :'' )

[arrecotinarrecotan]

toca cabron la chinita.

[ginecologist]

thank you for your effort and candour. Obviously you are still learning, and Sarasate is not easy to play. but very well done. CARRY ON thank you!!!

[oops1326]

Clumsy

[NaomiGigi]

so that's what I call a good violinist

[acid987]

you work hard, and your teacher is a good teacher. the pianist is good, you have a good quality violin, but you deserve more. i like your interpretation, and you only 10. and i dear to say, i heard many gifted european people playing it (all about your age), you are well above them.

[313neri]

excellent

[hsklive6]

lovely!

[Penelokan]

I love your music!

[Totiaura]

I don't like this...!

[RHM741]

I have listened to several versions. You played well, and for a ten year old, you are exceptional. While others quote your talent, I praise your hard work. This piece is very demanding. You interpret it well, musically and emotionally. Fine piano chord as well.

Your posture is lovely. Just ignore the jealous die-hard critics. They punish themselves in a straight jacket upon hearing notes of joy.

Glory be your way, sweetie. Love from Canada

[Anna9625]

I agree.

It's 10% talent and 90% work.

[ina1470]

I've never heard such a sound by a 10-year old! :-)

[shayaan2354]

dang Mindy. o_O weren't we in like, 5th grade when u played this? damn. no wonder u moved.

[sarahjonker14]

wauw :|

[violintricia]

she's dancing not because she wants to..

but she's dancing because she play's the piece by heart! =D

[ninastokje]

verry expressive!

wonderful!

[xcolordeficient1134x]

BEAUTIFUL! D: I played this piece for my most recent flute recital - This is ...WOW.

[knightpg]

She sounds like she was born holding a violin. I collect prodigy performances.  This is a new high.

[Aldeviolin]

It´s just incredible!

I wish I could play like her

She makes me feel reallly tiny!!

[alexleanh]

My God! That's tremendous performance for any serious violinist, let alone a 10 year-old. Mindy, you go girl! Sway all you want as long as your internal emotion can give such expression of musical melody. Don't worry about what others commented on your swaying. Sway all the way to the bank, Mindy!

[OriginalMoonbeam]

Wonderful job! Expressive interpretation! Love her performance!

[kinskans]

inclreible ... esa chica toca genial con 10 años ...

[musikdok]

very impressive indeed for a 10 year old! I only wish she'd move (sway) less

[evilreigns]

haha you think she sways heaps?

check out midori etc. makes you dizzy almost.

but hard to believe shes only 10!

[aznponage]

Well different people think differently...some thinks that swaying helps the emotion but some say that its not good ...so...

[GregDuo]

yes she's dancing..lol

[asdfkathleen]

Impressive.!

[Kara0wnzu]

that was truly amazing... she plays so beautiful and gracefully

[kunfusinger]

great interpretacion! God, she´s so good!!

[shizo]

Ella es Excepcional! Dios Existe!

[ViolinWith40]

unbelievably, already with 10 years so an achievement. Very much feeling and mad technology. WOW

[loddyhoddy]

i play this piece but shes much better and 7 years younger ^^

[nzzyvtr]

jetleeming, look on the map, it's a country called Germany, that's better. Tell me when u found it.

[mapleric]

impressive at age 10!

good vibrato

[YNGVIRTUOSOVIOLIST]

Excellent

[jetleeming]

asian people are the most genius ethnic in the world. all talent they got from child almoust in every matter, music, art, industry,even bussiness

[violinlover95]

My personal interpretation of this piece is slightly different from hers, but I think that she's doing extremely well and has a lot of potential in the future to become a famous musician. I think that it is an active piece with some spice and dance to it, but her smoother interpretation is a good way to go at it too :D keep at it!

[aqvaice]

nice tone. raw yet strong. very good balance

[KhmerSerey1]

bravo darlin,beautiful just beautiful,she play better then big people ;))

[musicbringsmagic136]

Impressive.

very rich tone; great vibrato.

[sas940]

@musicbringsmagic136 hay

[jkai0025]

Wow---her sound is amazing.

[carinahellokitty]

awesome .

[gymmigirl]

my god.. AMAZING

[were2220]

pitifull...

[NKY8190]

very nice

[Laruuu]

amazing... impressive. Congratulations.

[adammay4321]

This is depressing considering MY age and my corresponding skill level...

An amazing player.

[jazielpeter]

Bowled me over!

[dixayd]

Поджато правое плечо, что Большой -. Звук неплохой.

[MerlinTheDraconic]

What a tone!

[alinaskaiser]

Wow, you play so well!!!

[illona1]

not bad!!

[lolapadillo]

donde os dejasteis a Niebla y Pedro???

[SuperNeo1985]

JAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJAJJAAJAJA

[omfgclaudia]

JAJAJAJAJA xDD

heidi y su abuelooooo

[MusiKToucH]

pretty good.

[shangqinli]

So young and so talented, in spite of a few imperfections, which are forgivable due to her age. But you can tell the fiber of a great violonist is already in her. Now that she has acquired maturity, she's the best.

[theRedPilll]

i thought i'd give another listen and noted i'd not given her five stars - five stars! and what a tune this is and i think more people need to know Sarasate's music !

[ganso4u]

fantastico

[gingmylove]

wow...........very expressive..........

[will4548]

absolutely glorious. 4:15 onwards...

[jstrakh207]

she will be the next great female violinist of our generation IF she continues...and PLEASE DO!!!!!

[jono431]

No offence, but some of the comments really ruin the piece after listening to it. lol, it was really good for her age.

[theRedPilll]

bravo bravo - seriously - the piano is wonderful too - perfect!

[jobynadme]

Well done! You played this very musically and the notes were spot on!Great job.

ps I ESPECIALLY liked the passage before Tempo I with the double stops! That was great.

[jaypot1120]

i think she's really good....at her age?! what more can she do in the next few years..nicE!!!!

[Zozolinus]

sweet ^.^

[ALEXANDTT]

ohh lordiee.well, to break the streak of arguments here [lol] i think it was a great performance :]

[gioiaLabella]

you are so lovely and expressive

[xdohnutsxx]

ah.. dumbasses aruging on youtube..

[lenalemon]

HAHAHA

agreed :D

[jono431]

Firstly, don't get get why people argue on youtube.

Secondly, the piece is alot harder than you think it is and just because you played it doesn't mean you played it well

[JayzChang]

she looks like shes on a life raft. (she keeps rocking back and forth)

I played this piece when I was 8. ( started playing the violin when I was 5.) I'm fifteen now and have moved on to more complicated pieces, but this is a very good show piece.

Oh and, bravo!.

[Wiggy182]

lol stfu wanker. yeah i played this when i was 2. beat that poof

[littlecelt]

Of course you played this when you was 8 years old and it sounded like the best interpretation ever! I wished I could have listened to you! You're probably the new violin world star! What a pitty you don't have any tape of you playing it aged 8, so we can comment on... Or do you have a tape, but enough reasons not to publish? If not, give us a demonstration of your highly recognised and all over the world noticed violin playing! People can tell a lot, but the proof falis to appear.

[littlecelt]

And if you're really so incredibly good, isn't it strange that the world didn't notice you so far...?

Please be so kind, if you have moved on to more complicated pieces then tape maybe one of them for us. I think it's no problem for you, is it?

This girl plays really wonderful for her age! Of course there are things I would have done different, but that's a matter of interpretation.

[JayzChang]

I never said that she played EXTREMELY BADLY! I was only mentioning the fact that she was swaying back and forth so much it looked like she was floating on a raft with her feet locked in place.

Hey if I wanted to post my vids on youtube I would but I don't the time or money to convert tapes that I have performed at performances. I you know of any tape to digital solutions that would be gr8 but till then just bug off.

[littlecelt]

Dear JayzChang, it was just a hint of sarcasm... I think, if we met personally we would really clash with each other! But please let's not shift this fantastically foolish discussion on to this girl's video comments and responses. She doesn't deserve it!

And for the next time: Be careful with such utterances without being able to verify, even if they're true...

[JayzChang]

and to you I think you've more or less realized that expressing sarcasm over the net is EXTREMELY hard. lol ^^.

[Wiggy182]

the fact that you're getting worked up so much pretty much shows you're bullshitting. if you were that good i doubt you'll find it expensive to record yourself.

[AngelicBlob]

Umm... all because I'm good doesn't mean I am dirt rich moron.

[sarsie66]

you have sooo much passion and you are absolutely fantastic.. you have a musical maturity level much higher than your age... nice one!!

[emuhhleeYAY]

she's awesome! i'm learning that piece right now, and i'm 17 and she's still way better than me!

and if you have a special talent, why wouldn't you want to use it and share it with people?

[alemarc21]

"i feel sorry for her in a way - most people who are this good at this age (and it's also an asian thing) usually put in 5-6 hours practice a day and dont get to concentrate on much else like social life."

sounds like someone's trying to justify their lack of talent.

[liv4aco]

course i'm not trying to justify my lack of talent. everybody is as talented as the amount of work they put in, and this girl is obviously fantastic so must have put in a major amount of work to be so good so young. i just hope that she's not being pushed or pushing herself 2 hard so that she can focus on other interests in life.

[Meatwaggon]

"everybody is as talented as the amount of work they put in"

Not even close. Some people can spend every waking hour of their life practicing and never get anywhere close to true talent. You may spend 10 hours a day and never achieve what she does in 1 hour a day. Get used to mediocrity, cuz you sound just like Salieri underhandedly 'complimenting' Mozart. :P

[liv4aco]

to put all this bullshit to rest - i'll reveal that i received my teaching diploma for violin at the age of 13 therefore am confident to say that i do have talent and i had to work very hard. i'm 18 now and still play but not as much as i used to because it took up alot of my time at such a young age - no 'natural' can achieve it without major work. i can't believe that me making a sympathetic statement from experience has turned into me somehow dissing the talent of this girl.

[XxPencilxX]

actually you misunderstood what he wrote

"everybody is as talented as the amount of work they put in"

it dose not matter how much you practice but how well and plus if your naturally good it means nothing without practice time

[ViolineVampire]

bravo ;)

[stillnquiet]

im an asian,

but i dont know how to play the violin,

i never even touched one before... :(

[vioviolin29]

i m asian too.Which country are you from?

[liv4aco]

i feel sorry for her in a way - most people who are this good at this age (and it's also an asian thing) usually put in 5-6 hours practice a day and dont get to concentrate on much else like social life.

[hanukikanker]

plz don't stereotype prodigies, and us in general.

[sarcip7x]

WOW. This girl really has mastered the violin

[MrFormat]

perfect

[iampaul123]

why the hell are little asian girls so good at violin??

damn, Im jealous haha

[diacaviolinista]

Wow girl!!!! I love your interpretation! BRAISSIMO!!!

[OrchDork500]

YOU HAVE TO LUV HER!!!! she's so awesome.her parents must be really proud.

[trejo567]

You are the next paganini!

Awesome!

[AngelicBlob]

you cannot compare paganini to the likes of her Paganini was Extremely amazing!

This girl if paganini were still alive would down upon.

[trejo567]

but she has extreme talent!

[AngelicBlob]

- _- my brother went on my account.

I agree with you. She has a lot of talent. [My brother is just jealous, huhu. =P]

[melomansarasatiste]

hey you's exelent you know that ? I love your performance and interpretation good girl

[Mariangel93]

bravo1

[johnz002]

This is really a nice performance, well done.

[sk8princes101]

That was AMAZING!

[nycfemale2008]

wow excellent!

how many hours a day does this girl practice?

[anatnev]

wow amazing¡

how old are you?

[xxcarlyxx]

shes good

[EmoPanda9]

THis little girl is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She is so lucky to have so much talent and I bet she worked UBER hard to be like this!!! XD crazy she is like my little idol XD lol

[BarNuun]

She plays here with real passion and beauty, especially from 3:24 onward, vey graceful artist. The pianist is sensitive to her performance also.

[brian777999]

I will be happy if I can get my vibrato as nice as hers.

[kishegedus02]

Simply beautiful!! I will play this the music school year ending, but a commissioner will not be going so nice. Only to congratulate I am top notch!!! Hi.: Small violinist

[musonymous]

Phenomenal playing. This kind of ability is always slightly uncanny!

[claireransome13]

I am 17 and learning this piece, I am so intimidated! What a talented girl!

[aGfayayg1]

güzel çalmış gerçekten..Piyanodaki amcam çok tatlıymış söylemeden edemiycem

[bluedoughnuts]

Magnificent.

[sarahwaffle]

she really is great!

[ellis1101]

You play beautifully. Cannot believe you are 10 years old.

[goldykate]

madonna santa...è straordinaria!io alla sua eta suonavo come una macchinetta da 4 soldi..

[kemanciii88]

wonderful!!!!

[AznLanceLord]

she's a great player! I wish I was like her

[bountyhanz]

WOw she could play this song wif feelings and expression.

[Narancu]

Hello, uni323, I am still convinced the two are the same, don't look at the video posting dates, but at the faces. I suggest you take several snapshots of both in similar poses and compare them, I did that, look at the shape of the hairline on the forehead, shape of the ear, even the stage presence and movements, etc. My conclusion is we are talking of the same delightful girl.

[Narancu]

This is a ten-year old with awsome talent but at ten she is still improving technique, and alittle feeling. I recommend watching her at 14 playing "Zapateado" also of Sarasate and you will see fantastic talent as expressed in her flawless craft and in the way she makes her feeling flow through the violin to the public. She is a God's gift to mankind!

[uni323]

Hi, Narancu. This is not Esther Kim. She is only 11 years old now.

[bountyhanz]

Reali? i tink she's maybe 15-17 coz the video date

[Thusthla]

Great!!!!!

[jazzDa]

yar! musicroxluv, what do you mean show off? how rude! you must understand mindy. shes born to play the violin. shes just ........ talented!! YOU GO MINDY! DONT CARE WHAT THAT PERSON SAID! YOU GO GAL!

[BubJoo]

I began playing at 3 and only played that piece when i was 17! She has wonderful technique and incredible musicality for someone so young.I hope we see a lot more of her in years to come:)

[SeptimusKastor]

Things she's never done: Been to a sleep over, had friends, played sports.

[pupusman]

The words of a talentless person with little understanding of music. Well said!

[happybunny213250]

That's probably not true, but those are things you have to sacrifice sometimes to practice a lot and play well!

[lassyfromheaven]

OMG, only 10 and can play like dat!? wow. how long has she been playing?!

[uni323]

She began playing the violin at 4.

[musicroxluv]

show off

[Atheis01]

what does that mean "show off"? are you grade 2? If you like music, just close your eyes and listen to this young musician play it again, you will find the beauty of it.

[jazielpeter]

inspiring!

[raist84]

The 2nd part is too rushed and too exaggerated at some points, but that was awewome anyway!! Wonderful sound!!

[forkjitsu]

...i do believe i am in love with her.

[winrx]

No problem - just make sure you are registered with the proper authorities. Anyways, a musical performance along with technical "proficiency" is always impressive in one so young.

[SNAPitsjackie]

i'm in love with her too. shes the cutest little girl ever.

[yksnys]

this girl is a prodigy...but hope she sticks with it